Our enemies and our friends

Our enemies and our friends

Who are our enemies and who are our friends? This question sometimes confuse us.

For example when we talk about our enemies, we think about a person who envy us, a person who we don't like. Basically our whole focus is on some or other person who comes in our ''circle of influence". Our thoughts are surrounded by a material body who we think can harm us in some or other way.

This is a general thinking, but is it actually correct? NO, it is not correct. In 99.99% cases it's our imagination which lead us to think like this. Actually, our worst enemies are Lust, Anger, Vanity and Greed.

In Bhagwad Gita it is clearly written that these four traits are cause of every misery. In Bhagwad Gita, it is said that Lust is the cause of every misery. Lust causes Anger. Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.

So to lead a good life we should try to save ourselves from these four enemies. And only way to save ourselves is to make good friends. And who this friend should be.

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Is this a person with whom I spent most of time ? My neighbour, classmate or any of my relatives ?

Though people play an important role in one's life and it is also true that some of them are very good friends. But as we are mortals, so we don't know when our so called friend will leave us. That's why our friends are those which will never leave us in spite of any circumstances.

Pure Knowledge (Gyan), contentment, tranquility, courage and self belief(self-confidence) are our true friend which will be with us until our last breath. Our whole effort should be to nourish these friends. The more we will nourish them, more we will be benefited.

As written in Bhagwad Gita “A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.” Let's try to find that true friend in our self.